Is he enough to satiate my hunger for life?

I look at him

Our eyes meet

I look over him while we are out in public

Still debating

I have loved him for years

He was nineteen when we dated for the first time

I was sixteen

Both under pressure from supposed friends

I had no feeling for him the first year and a half

And 

All of a sudden 

I stopped thinking of my boyfriend as an imaginary guy who didn’t exist

And took notice of the one person who worshipped me like a goddess (literally).

A year and a half later

We’d decided to get closer as friends and wait to mature more

I’d wanted to wait until I’d graduated and because I have ambitions

I didn’t want to be tied down

He respects my wishes 

My sister is my idol

She was reluctant at first but after getting to know him loves him as a brother

Her disapproval was the main reason we broke up

Other than the friends sabotaging our relationship

I love him

I really do

But 

I spent years of my life hating everyone or having no emotions

How am I supposed to love him as deeply as he does me?

We’re both equally as broken

There are days when someone can say hi to us

and we sob for hours

 

Author: Katherine Scroggins

“Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.” — Mark Twain

2 thoughts on “Is he enough to satiate my hunger for life?”

  1. Omg I love the expressiveness in the poem. I totally feel absorbed in it and it leaves me wanting more and wanting to know what happens to the couple.

  2. This is such a beautiful piece! I really like the way you formatted it and you did a wonderful job of conveying the narrator’s emotions; I felt like I could really sympathize with them. And I adore the lines “I’d wanted to wait until I’d graduated and because I have ambitions / I didn’t want to be tied down / He respects my wishes”; they flow so well together!

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